With 13 OPITO approved training centres in the Gulf of Mexico and over 25,000 offshore workers now accredited to OPITO standards in 2015, the oil and gas skills body has appointed a new approvals manager to meet rising demand.

Statoil ASA today announced contract awards for maintenance and modifications services work offshore Norway. Five companies, including Aker Solutions, were awarded framework competition contracts spanning ten years where one or more of the companies may be asked to bid on standalone maintenance and modifications assignments at Statoil-operated oil and gas fields starting in the first quarter of 2016. Four companies, not including Aker Solutions, were awarded main supplier contracts for maintenance and modifications work in Norway.

- Leveraging its expertise to meet ultra-deepwater challenges - Technip has been awarded a lump sum contract by Deep Gulf Energy II, LLC for the development of the Odd Job field. This ultra deepwater field is located in Mississippi Canyon, offshore New Orleans, in the Gulf of Mexico, in water depths ranging from 1,330 to 1,825 meters.

Nautilus Minerals Inc. (TSX:NUS, OTCQX: NUSMF, OTC:NUSMF Nasdaq Intl Designation) (the "Company" or "Nautilus") announces that the Independent State of Papua New Guinea’s nominee, Eda Kopa (Solwara) Limited (“State Nominee”), the Company’s joint venture partner in the Solwara 1 Project (“Project”) in Papua New Guinea, has elected not to exercise its option to take up to a further 15% interest in the Project.

Nautilus Minerals Inc. (TSX:NUS, OTCQX: NUSMF, OTC:NUSMF Nasdaq Intl Designation) (the "Company" or "Nautilus") today announced it has signed a new agreement with Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co. Ltd (“Tongling”) for the sale of the product extracted from the Company’s Solwara 1 deposit located in the Bismarck Sea of Papua New Guinea, with first delivery expected in the first half of 2018.

Douglas-Westwood’s (DW) NEW publication the Iran Oil & Gas Market Forecast 2015-2019 provides detailed analysis of key markets within Iran’s oil & gas sector, including historical and forecast drilling and production, oilfield services expenditure, onshore and offshore rig demand, fixed platforms, onshore pipelines and downstream facilities (refineries, gas processing, petrochemicals and LNG).

Cape Sharp Tidal, a joint venture between Emera and OpenHydro, has completed two significant milestone operations in preparation for the next phase of the tidal energy demonstration project - the installation of its subsea power cable and the launch of its deployment barge

Ocean Installer has signed an amendment with Statoil for riser replacement operations at the Troll C field. This includes options for work at the Vigdis field. The work will be executed under the SLMP Marine Installation Contract.

Subsea training facility, The Underwater Centre, is preparing for changes to the prerequisite requirements for experienced commercial air divers which will come in to play in April 2016

Maritime security technology company, Sonardyne International Ltd, has successfully demonstrated the capabilities of its Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance Sonar, NOAS, during three days of water borne demonstrations in Plymouth, south-west England.

Wood Group has secured its second front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for the proposed Browse floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) Development offshore Western Australia.

Novacavi reports development and supply of a new custom cable for monitoring bradyseism phenomenon in Pozzuoli Gulf, near Naples, Italy.

Fugro has been awarded a three-year contract by PGS for the provision of precise satellite positioning systems for its entire seismic vessel fleet.

Oceanology International - London, 15-17 March 2016 Oceanology International offers you a great opportunity to host visitors on a vessel while you demonstrate your products on the iconic Thames waterside. Visitors can also watch live coverage of your equipment at work via the popular elevated viewing platforms on the dockside or via a covered private meeting area

With operators demanding more joined-up thinking from the supply chain in order to do more with less in an era of depressed oil prices, the decommissioning industry’s flagship knowledge-sharing event has responded by organizing cutting-edge seminars on breaking down the silos that hamper efficiency and innovation offshore. For the first time, the Annual Decommissioning & Abandonment Summit, to be held February 23-25 in Houston, will unite the well intervention and late-life production community with operators’ top decommissioning leaders to look afresh at the technologies and techniques needed for cost-effective end-of-life transition.

Winner of Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards for Tech Innovation Award and International Engineer of the Year Winner of Innovation Award from Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) Tidal energy developer OpenHydro, a DCNS company, has secured top honours at this year’s Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards and SEAI Sustainable Energy Awards.

In September, two of the UK’s strongest agencies in the ROV, Renewables and Offshore Survey industry fused together under one brand. On 7th December, Subserv Pro (SSP) will become Atlas’ official ROV, Diving and Inspection office (RDI).

HARKAND and its local consortium partner TOS Angola Lda has secured a three-year contract to deliver inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) services in Angola for a major international oil company operating in the West Africa region.